April 1, 2019 Startup Licenses UA Libraries E-learning Platform Inventors at the UA Libraries developed a new e-learning platform for creating easy-to-build tutorials. Now, startup Sidecar Learning is taking it to the world.
March 27, 2019 CAPLA Builds for a Changing Urban World In "Building a Changing World," the UA College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture's studies of the built environment include how future urban design and planning projects must work hand in hand with surrounding natural environments.
March 26, 2019 With $1.5M Gift, UA Launches Consortium on Gender-Based Violence The Chris and Carrie Shumway Foundation's gift will support a center that seeks to model and inspire a radical shift in the way people think about and address gender-based violence.
March 12, 2019 Are Eyes the Window to Our Mistakes? When humans make certain types of mistakes, their pupils change size, UA researchers found. This may offer clues to what goes on in the brain when people make suboptimal decisions.
March 6, 2019 Four Questions: What 'Tidying Up' Means for Sustainability Sabrina Helm says the decluttering trend can be good for the environment - as long as people aren't clearing space to make way for new purchases.
Feb. 27, 2019 Savoring … It's Not Just for Dinner Just as we can savor a decadent dessert, so, too, can we savor a meaningful conversation. And the latter may be better for us, according to UA researcher Maggie Pitts.
Feb. 26, 2019 Four Questions: Tackling the Problem of Incivility Keith Allred, the new director of the UA’s National Institute for Civil Discourse, discusses how the institute plans to stem a rising tide of incivility that strains interpersonal relationships and paralyzes effective governing.
Feb. 11, 2019 How Your Smartphone is Affecting Your Relationship UA psychology professor David Sbarra and his collaborators propose an explanation for why we are so drawn to our smartphones, even when they take us out of the moment in our close relationships.
Jan. 30, 2019 Do Bigger Brains Equal Smarter Dogs? New Study Offers Answers Larger dogs have better short-term memory and self-control than smaller breeds, according to research led by UA anthropology graduate student Daniel Horschler with the UA's Arizona Canine Cognition Center.
Dec. 14, 2018 India’s Right to Information Act Provides Lessons on Government Transparency Journalists are often assumed to be the biggest utilizers of freedom-of-information legislation, but new research led by UA journalism professor Jeannine Relly found that collaborations between journalists, social activists and civil-society organizations were essential to the success of creating a right-to-information agenda in India.
